@lol First of as someone who red the novel you're just excuse his ra** and no ! @Anime MangaHero is right there no way ra** is concider love or ra** will be romanticize .You're just excusing him for being rapist by using his father as excuse especially knowing his father was a fachist tyrant who did the same by torturing other people and his father and he admited them even before dying .Leon followed same footsteps and ubdate his method of torure. Even forgot about his past .He even hurt raped before knowing who she is .He's a sadistic Psychopaph and rapist .